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August 14, 2020

VOL. 53 NO. 45

CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Update to DePaul's fall planning

University Marketing and Communications | August 14,2020

​This week, DePaul leadership sent a message to faculty, staff and students sharing plans to further reduce students' on-campus presence in the fall by shifting more classes online and limiting residence hall occupancy.

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University introduces #CampusClear app for daily health monitoring

University Marketing and Communications | August 14, 2020

​Students, faculty and staff will be required to self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms using the app before coming to campus.
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Bioethicist shares perspective on university's approach to health monitoring

University Marketing and Communications | August 14, 2020

​Craig Klugman, a professor of bioethics and health humanities in the College of Science and Health, has been involved with DePaul's COVID-19 response efforts since the university moved courses and most operations online in the spring. In this interview, he shares some of his thoughts on DePaul's approach to health monitoring.
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New FAQs regarding Pass/D/Fail policy

University Marketing and Communications | August 14, 2020

​The university has updated its Pass/D/Fail policy for summer, fall and December intersession on the Return to Campus website.
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Sanitization 101: Updated restroom procedures

Michelle Patrick | August 14, 2020

​DePaul has new procedures in place to promote safety in restrooms for the limited populations of people who will be using them on campus in the fall.
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Sanitization 101: DePaul's ventilation system improvements

Michelle Patrick | August 14, 2020

​In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, DePaul invested in and installed improved ventilation systems to ensure that when everyone returns to campus this fall, they are learning and working in a safe environment.
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University Library expands key services

University Libraries | August 14, 2020

​When limited in-person staffing resumed on July 20, the library immediately started working to expand key services, such as reopening the book drops, scanning materials and digitizing DVDs. While the libraries remain closed for the summer, the next tier of services will enhance access to physical and digital material essential to teaching and learning.
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Digital Demons: Rising Up Remotely — Animator draws classmates together during remote learning

Kristin Claes Mathews | August 14, 2020

​For animation student Tikal Rivera, staying busy and positive has been a key to success during the pandemic. Rivera has been instrumental in building and maintaining DePaul's animation community.
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Digital Demons: Rising Up Remotely — Online business course connects students with alumni thriving in sports industry

Russell Dorn | August 14, 2020

​​Most of Andy Clark's students are big sports fans. When his Introduction to Sports Management class transitioned online this past spring quarter due to the pandemic, he knew he needed to find ways to provide memorable learning opportunities to make up for the lack of in-person opportunities like touring Wrigley Field and meeting with Chicago sports industry leaders.
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$1 Million gift honors the legacy of Harrison I. Steans

Office of Advancement | August 14, 2020

​​This week, DePaul announced the establishment of the Harrison I. Steans Graduate Fellowship Program. Housed within the Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning and Community Service Studies, the program is made possible by a gift from the Morrison family and the Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation.
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A passion to make this world a better place

Bob Sakamoto | August 14, 2020

​Tripp Tuff, a men's tennis player, lives DePaul's Vincentian mission and holds an unshakeable self-belief that his purpose in life is to help the less fortunate.
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Faculty tells tale of hope, duty and endurance

Kathleey Rooney | August 14, 2020

​From the green countryside of England and the gray canyons of Wall Street come two unlikely heroes: one a pigeon and the other a soldier. Answering the call to serve in the war to end all wars, neither Cher Ami, the messenger bird, nor Charles Whittlesey, the army officer, can anticipate how their lives will briefly intersect in a chaotic battle in the forests of France.
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BIG EAST announces fall sports postponement

DePaul Athletics | August 14, 2020

​​Due to the unprecedented and continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BIG EAST Conference and its member institutions have announced that fall sports competition will not be conducted in 2020.
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Mission: Changing attitudes and changing structures: Walking with Frederic Ozanam

Siobhan O'Donoghue | August 14, 2020

​​The example of Frederic Ozanam, a renowned lay leader in 19th century France, planted some of the early seeds of the notion of systemic change that have now been integrated into how we understand our Vincentian mission.
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Wellness: What does consent look like on Zoom?

Benjamin Tholotowsky | August 14, 2020

​​With so many things going digital these days, the only option for collaboration may be to host an online event, meeting or appointment. The stakes are raised even higher when encounters like confidential appointments are held over digital conferencing platforms, such as Skype or Zoom. How do we respect another person's privacy during these events?
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